Kategória: John Frusciante

Fender Custom Shop Limited Edition Masterbuilt John Frusciante Stratocaster

A Fender bejelentette az új, limitált John Frusciante Stratocasterjét, ára 20 000 USD.

After joining the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1988 at the age of 18, John Frusciante was quickly embraced by fans thanks to his unique blend of intricate, funky, soulful playing and unmistakable tone. Over the next three decades, Frusciante’s 1962 Sunburst Stratocaster® became his go-to guitar.

For this limited run, Fender Custom Shop Senior Masterbuilder Paul Waller painstakingly replicated this cherished guitar—from the faded and beautifully aged lacquer finish down to the heavily worn body contours. All the dings, dents and scars that cover this infamous Strat® give players the feeling of holding a true piece of rock and roll history in the palms of their hands.

The highly-resonant, select two-piece alder body, early-‘60s “C” profile rift-sawn maple neck and slab rosewood fingerboard are perfect examples of prized golden era Stratocaster® appointments. The combination of those quintessential pre-CBS specs and the trio of Abigail Ybarra Hand-Wound Stratocaster® pickups, with an Ilitch Electronics Hum-Canceling system, gives players the same warm, clear and expressive tones that are the foundation in Frusciante’s signature sound.

Other premium features include 7.25″ (184.1 mm) radius, 21 narrow tall (6105) frets, Vintage Strat® wiring, 5-way switch, vintage-style synchronized tremolo, vintage-style tuners, bone nut, wing string tree with metal spacer and certificate of authenticity.

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Új Speed Dealor Moms lemez

John Frusciante és Aaron Funk újabb közös lemezzel jelentkezik május 10-én, a címe Birth Control Pill. A formáció első kislemeze még 2010-ben jelent meg, amely a bandcampen meghallgatható.

Speed Dealer Moms, the live electronics outlet comprising cross-genre iconoclasts John Frusciante (Trickfinger, Red Hot Chili Peppers) and Aaron Funk (Venetian Snares), is over a decade into its idiosyncratic run. On „Birth Control Pill,” only their third release, the boundless potential of the chaotic and elegant project snaps into focus.

If there are virtuosos programming synthesizers and drum machines, then they were in the room when these two tracks were recorded. The epic title cut is perhaps the most „functional” track Funk and Frusciante have released thus far. This is ruffneck dnb business, but it’s also Speed Dealer Moms, so there is the requisite descent into chaos. The track’s precise melodies are unceremoniously dunked into Funk’s signature, ripping breakcore. The drums pick up speed until the crash test dummies hit the wall; a thrilling, extratone breakdown.

More madness lurks on the B-side, „Benakis,” which seemingly nods to the visionary Greek composer. With its unconventional time signature and intricate melodies, this one slides in like a lion and out like a lamb, cycling through breakcore and hard techno before eventually giving the listener a reprieve by way of a dreamy, beatless outro.

Speed Dealer Moms drive their own, crooked road built on friendship and a telepathic musical connection—the collaboration and encouragement of Funk ushered Frusciante into the dense world of hardcore machine funk. The results of these sessions don’t sound quite like anything else but feel spiritually connected to iconoclastic ’90s work by the likes of Bogdan Raczynski or Andrea Parker—punkish electronic records made in fearless pursuit of the new. Funk and Frusciante follow ideas to an illogical endpoint, and this hurtling approach now results in the best, most concise Speed Dealer Moms record yet. The road to wisdom, after all, is paved with excess.

Rolling Stone: A 250 legnagyobb gitáros

A Rolling Stone előszeretettel készít mindenféle listát, most a 250 legnagyobb gitárosról csináltak egyet, amely listának a 25. helyén John Frusciante áll.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers have never been easy to pin down musically, and for that one can largely thank Frusciante, the son of a Juilliard pianist. The band’s wild-eyed original guitarist, the late Hillel Slovak, was a hard act to follow, but Frusciante — who is now in his third tenure with the band — played a major role in dragging the Chili Peppers out of the white-funk ghetto and into musical worlds all their own. Always playing in service to the song, Frusciante gave the Chili Peppers a breadth they hadn’t had before: consider the headbanger riffing beneath their cover of Stevie Wonder’s “Higher Ground,” the sensitive strumming in “Under the Bridge” and “Scar Tissue,” the metallic funk sleaze on “Give It Away,” the moody strumming on “Beneath the Girl,” and the volcanic, Hendrixian solo on “Dani California.” That eclectic palette lent Chili Peppers albums like Californication and Blood Sugar Sex Magik a remarkable variety — and made Frusciante one of the most influential and vital guitarists of the alt-rock era. —D.B.

Key Tracks: “Dani California,” “Under the Bridge”

This Little Light – John Frusciante

Flea saját podcastjének, a This Little Lightnak legújabb részében John Frusciante-val beszélget.

John Frusciante’s music education and evolution, from 1. First picking up an acoustic guitar (that he wished was electric) → 2. His first experiences with teachers, including ones that inspired him and ones that discouraged him → 3. Discovering punk rock in LA → 4. Playing his first show in LA → 5. Joining the RHCP and embracing his own signature style.

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Broken Record Podcast: John Frusciante 4. rész

Újabb Broken Record Podcast érkezett, ahol Rik Rubin vendége most már negyedjére is John Frusciante.

In this conversation, John plays through more of his guitar parts and explains how he came up with some of the most memorable guitar melodies in modern rock history. John also explains how listening to Brandy, Destiny’s Child, and Wu-Tang Clan helped influence his playing on Stadium Arcadium.

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